Table 2. Mean (±SD) blood lactate characteristics and lactate kinetics parameters for 3 groups. CT IT CG t-½-[La] (min) Pre 8.75 (.39) 8.87 (.48) 8.79 (.64) Post 7.77 (.39) ***†  7.20 (.52)*** #‡ 8.54 (.74) [La](0) (mmol·l-1) Pre 5.00 (.74) 4.90 (.64) 5.00 (.70) Post 6.00 (.64) *†  6.20 (.60) *# 5.10 (.60) [La]peak (mmol·l-1) Pre 8.75 (.70) 8.47 (.66) 8.40 (.50) Post 9.00 (.74) * 9.30 (.75) * 8.30 (.60) t-[La]peak (min) Pre 3.50 (.90) 3.50 (.90) 3.33 (1.00) Post 2.00 (.00) ***†  2.00 (.00) ***†  3.30 (1.00) †  p < 0.05 and # p < 0.001: significantly difference change compared with CG, * p < 0.05 *** p < 0.001 significantly different from pre-training CT, continuous training; IT Intermittent training; CG, control group; the half time of the blood lactate removal; : Pre-training vs. Post-training values for blood lactate concentration at the beginning of recovery; : peak blood lactate concentration measured during the recovery; : time to peak lactate. ‡ p < 0.05: Significantly different from CT.